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Vanessa Selbst — Three WSOP Bracelets & No-Fear Aggression 🟠Yale graduate turned poker pro. 🟠First woman to win three open WSOP bracelets (2008, 2012, 2014). 🟠Career earnings: ~$12M. 🟠Known for her hyper-aggressive style, frequent 3-bets, and fearless bluffing. 💡KEY TACTICS 🟠Light 3-betting. Challenge wide openings with position. 🟠Pressure poker. Fire on every street to force mistakes. 🟠Play with a plan. Vanessa doesn’t “wing it” — every move fits her strategy.

A Brief History of Poker: From Riverboats to Telegram Rooms 🟠18th–19th century: Poker’s ancestor “poque” played in New Orleans. 🟠1829: First mention of 20-card poker on Mississippi riverboats. 🟠1837: 52-card deck introduced → flushes added. 🟠1970: First WSOP in Las Vegas. 🟠2003: Moneymaker Effect triggers online boom. 🟠2020s: Web3 poker rises — crypto, instant payouts, Telegram-based games. 📌 WHY IT MATTERS Knowing the past helps appreciate the present. TON Poker is the evolution: — inside Telegram — no KYC — fast TON deposits and withdrawals TON Poker is not just a room. It’s the next chapter of poker history that we are creating together.

The Longest Cash Game in History: Tombstone, Arizona 📅 When: 1881–1889 📍 Where: Bird Cage Theatre ⏱ Duration: 8 years, 5 months, and 3 days — without a single pause! 💰 Buy-in: ~$1,000 per seat — a massive amount at the time 👥 Players: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, gold prospectors, tycoons, outlaws Why did the game last so long? 🟠Mining boom: Tombstone was flooded with silver money. Miners and businessmen had both cash and time to play. 🟠24/7 casino: The Bird Cage Theatre never closed — poker became a live show for spectators. 🟠Player rotation: Players came and went, but the game never stopped for a moment. 🟠Power magnet: The table attracted the richest and most dangerous people of the Wild West. Just sitting there was a badge of honor.

Poker Tip: The Power of the Check-Raise 🌟Best Situations: 🟠You’re OOP on the flop with a strong hand or draw. 🟠Dry board (e.g., K-7-2) — villain c-bets almost always. 🟠You have combo equity (draw + overcards) → check-raise creates fold equity. How-To: 1️⃣Check the flop. 2️⃣Villain bets ~60% pot. 3️⃣Raise 2.5–3x the bet. Then: 🟠If called and you improve → barrel the turn. 🟠If missed → often check/fold unless villain overfolds. ⚠️ Common mistakes: 🟠No plan after the raise. 🟠Trying this with <30 BB — limited maneuvering space.

🪙“A Chip and a Chair” — The Legendary Comeback of Jack Straus 🟠WSOP 1982. Jack “Treetop” Straus is down to just one $500 chip in the Main Event. 🟠He’s about to leave the table but finds a single chip hidden under a napkin. 🟠The tournament director allows him to keep playing. 🟠Jack doubles up multiple times, rebuilds his stack, reaches the final table… and wins the bracelet, taking home ~$520,000. 😎 LESSONS LEARNED 🟠Never give up. If you have one chip, you're still in the game. 🟠Short stack ≠ defeat. Playing short teaches discipline and risk control. 🟠Psychology advantage. Big stacks often underestimate shorties — use that. 🎯 TON Poker Tip Got less than 10 BB? Stick to push-or-fold strategies. Use your short stack image to steal blinds or trap loose opponents.

🏰 Medieval Deck — TON Poker royal cNFT drop! 🌟 We’re shuffling the deck and dropping something special… Introducing Medieval Deck — a limited cNFT drop of 54 hand-drawn cards, each one a unique masterpiece created by our featured artist Ilya Stallone.

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🌟 Key dates 🌟 10 June → 18 June 12:59 PM UTC — subscription window. 19 June — drop day! Rarities run from common to legendary. Higher rank → greater hidden powers and future perks (exclusive events, maybe even a game… but no spoilers). For more details ragarding the collection follow the official Pearls Channel and the official TON Poker Medieval Deck channel and stay tuned. Pearls Bot | Ilya Stallone | TON Poker | Pearls | Getgems

🃏John Hesp — The Grandpa Who Nearly Became World Champion In 2017, 64-year-old insurance salesman from England, John Hesp, decided to play the WSOP Main Event “just for the experience.” 🎩 Dressed in a colorful vest and cowboy hat, he made it all the way to 4th place, taking home $2.6 million. He wasn’t a pro. He didn’t study GTO. He simply played for the joy of the game. His quote went viral around the poker world: “I came here to have fun. I didn’t expect this.”

Why Your Poker Hand Isn’t Everything — Position Matters More Than You Think Imagine you’re holding Q♠ J♠ — a beautiful, suited, playable hand. Looks great in the lobby, right? But here’s the catch: where are you sitting? 👉 If you’re first to act (UTG) — you have zero info on what others behind you will do. Someone with AK might be waiting to re-raise you. 👉 If you’re on the button — you see everything and can make more informed, aggressive plays — even steal the pot preflop. 📌 What does this mean? The same hand can be strong in position and weak out of position. Position = power. Even a mediocre hand plays better late, and a monster hand can crash early. Quick tip: Play more hands from late position, and tighten up early. It's one of the fastest ways to level up your game.

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Cheat Sheet: Basic Poker Hands Save this and share it with your poker buddies🔥 1️⃣Royal Flush A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠ — the strongest hand. All same suit. 2️⃣Straight Flush Five cards in a row, same suit (e.g., 9♥ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥ 5♥) 3️⃣Four of a Kind (Quads) Four cards of the same rank (e.g., Q♠ Q♥ Q♦ Q♣ + X) 4️⃣Full House Three of a kind + a pair (e.g., 10♠ 10♣ 10♥ 7♠ 7♦) 5️⃣Flush Any five cards of the same suit (e.g., A♠ 9♠ 7♠ 4♠ 2♠) 6️⃣Straight Five cards in a row, any suits (e.g., 9♦ 8♠ 7♣ 6♥ 5♠) 7️⃣Three of a Kind (Set/Trips) Three cards of the same rank (e.g., 5♠ 5♥ 5♣ + X + Y) 8️⃣ Two Pair (e.g., J♦ J♣ + 6♠ 6♦ + X) 9️⃣One Pair (e.g., A♠ A♣ + 3♦ + 7♠ + 10♥) 1️⃣0️⃣High Card No combination? Your highest card plays.

🃏 From Ordinary Teenager to Millionaire — The Poker Dream Came True In 2007, Annette Obrestad, a teenage girl from Norway, made headlines across the poker world. But long before that, she had already stunned the online scene: 💡 She once won a 180-player online tournament without even looking at her cards — relying only on position, reading opponents, and aggression. She was just 18 years old when she won $2 million at the first-ever WSOP Europe Main Event, making her the youngest player ever to win a World Series bracelet at the time. No sponsorship. No hype. Just a regular girl with a mouse, a mindset, and a dream.

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